APPLETON, Nathan, (cousin of William Appleton),
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Ipswich, N.H.,
October 6, 1779; attended the common schools, the local academy in New Ipswich,
N.H., and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; clerked in his brothers importing
house in Boston; one of the founders of the cotton-mill industry of Waltham,
Mass.; also one of the founders of the city of Lowell in 1821; served in the
Massachusetts house of representatives in 1815, 1816, 1821, 1823, 1824, and
1827; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4,
1831-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832 to the
Twenty-third Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert C. Winthrop, and served until
his resignation on September 28, 1842 (June 9, 1842-September 28, 1842);
engaged in mercantile pursuits; died in Boston, Mass., July 14, 1861; interment
in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.